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How to download Lynda Professional Courses directly to your PC?
If you are using the trial Lynda Premium account valid for a specific duration, after that period it’s obvious that you will be restricted to watch new courses or any previously accessed course until you renew the subscription. However, during your active subscription, if you find any course to be valuable, now you can use a perfect technical way out to download it locally on your PC. Give it a try, it’s easy.
Today we will be learning a new trick by which we can download our favorite Lynda courses directly to our PC or laptop forever.
Let me walk you through easy steps to follow:
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- Open Google Chrome Browser and click on three vertical dots at top right corner and select More Tools – Extensions – Click Chrome Web Store.
- Chrome Web Store will open in a new tab.
- Search for “Cookies.txt One Click” offered by Anthony Anaya and click Add to Chrome. It will be added to the Google Chrome toolbar.
- Download the Youtube-dl.exe utility from the link and save it in a folder on C Drive. http://bit.ly/Youtube-DLutility
- Open Command Prompt as administrator and enter into the location where Youtube-dl.exe file is saved.
- Login to Lynda.com with your Premium Account and select your favorite course you wish to download.
- Click the Cookies.txt Extention at the top right and choose Download All Cookies to download the cookie.txt file.
- Save this file in the same folder where Youtube-dl.exe utility is saved.
- Now finally copy the below command and paste it into the command prompt. Then copy the web address of the course (https:// till .html, not the complete address) you wish to download.
To download in Command Prompt, Open cmd in Administrator Mode:
C:\Lynda\>(now copy the below command and paste here)
Youtube-dl --download-archive archive.txt --cookies cookies.txt -o "C:\Lynda\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" https:www.YourCourseURL.com --playlist-start 1 --all-subs
To download in specific resolution e.g., 360p or 540p or 720p, simply type -f format code in the last. For example: To download in 720p, the command would become:
Youtube-dl --download-archive archive.txt --cookies cookies.txt -o "C:\Lynda\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" https:www.YourCourseURL.com --playlist-start 1 --all-subs -f "best[height=720]"
Note: You can select 540 and 360 as well at the end above.
If you want to check the formats available, you can use the switch –list-formats in end of the command:
Youtube-dl --download-archive archive.txt --cookies cookies.txt -o "C:\Lynda\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" https:www.YourCourseURL.com --playlist-start 1 --all-subs --list-formats
Format code – Extension – Resolution note
0-360 – mp4 – 360p
1-360 – mp4 – 360p
0-540 – mp4 – 540p
1-540 – mp4 – 540p
0-720 – mp4 – 720p
1-720 – mp4 – 720p (best)
Press Ctrl C to stop it and use the desired format to replace –list-format with it.
Youtube-dl --download-archive archive.txt --cookies cookies.txt -o "C:\Lynda\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" https:www.YourCourseURL.com --playlist-start 1 --all-subs -f 0-720
To download in Powershell, open it in Administrator mode: C:\Lynda\> (now copy the below command and paste here)
.\Youtube-dl --download-archive archive.txt --cookies cookies.txt -o "C:\Lynda\%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s" https:www.YourCourseURL.com --playlist-start 1 --all-subs
Note: Replace “https:www.YourCourseURL.com” with your favorite course address starting from “https till .html“.
Facing errors while running the command, do check out the fix:
If you encounter an error message “The program can’t start because MSVCR100.dll is missing from your computer. Try the below-mentioned steps to resolve it:
Youtube-dl requires the following prerequisite to work:
a) If you are using 32 Bit Operating System, install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86), restart your system, and retry the above Youtube-dl command.
I have included the Live Demo of all the above steps, I hope if you are facing any issues, the tutorial will help you:
Supported Websites Youtube-dl can download from: http://bit.ly/SupportedWebsites4Download
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i want download just SRT file …. how pleas ???
Youtube-dl –cookies cookies.txt -o “C:\Lynda\%(playlist_index)s – %(title)s.%(ext)s” –skip-download https:www.YourCourseURL.com –playlist-start 1 –all-subs
i want to download just subtitle srt thinks
You may try the below command to skip video and download only Subtitles:
youtube-dl –cookies cookies.txt -o “G:\Plural\%(playlist_index)s – %(title)s.%(ext)s” –skip-download –min-sleep-interval 31 –max-sleep-interval 32 https: –playlist-start 1 –all-subs
Does this work for skillshare?
I am sorry to say that it works only for Lynda at present.
how to download the courses with the name of every chapter ??
If you don’t want to download the whole course and want selected individual tutorials, try Internet Download Manager.
hi,it downloaded only 16 files from 100 files .its says remaning files are premium users only..but i created the premium acc using ur techniques..what to do..?
It seems you are still logged in with the old trial account. Log out completely, clear cache of your browser. Or use Chrome Incognito Window and it must download all videos. Reinstall Chrome if you still face issues.
how to fix this error: the command is not recognized as internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Hello Javed, it seems you are either missing some pre-requisites. If you are using the command for command prompt, use command prompt only. Copy the command in notepad first, compare it and then paste it in the command prompt. It must run. Still facing issues, do revert me at ajey@localhost
can you help me im copy and paste and do all the step i didn’t get any error but it download only 1 video and sub not from the beginning to the end.
It seems you are still logged in with the old trial account. Log out completely, clear cache of your browser. Or use Chrome Incognito Window and it must download all videos. Reinstall Chrome if you still face issues.
Hi Admin.
Please help me.
Only 1 video is getting downloaded from the entire playlist.
Thanks in advance.
Kindly clear the cache of your browser. Try in incognito window. Check whether you are able to play all the videos if you are unable to download.
Its working but my problem is subtitles..dont like them at all…what to do Sir?…and Thank you so much for this method..Appreciate
If you don’t like the subtitles, remove –all-subs from the command and it will not download subtitles along with the video. If you still face any issue, do send me an email at ajey@localhost
can i take course url to download with internet download manager
Internet Download Manager can download individual videos, however will not be able to fetch the whole playlist. The easiest option is explained in the video.
It happens sometimes, there is throttling set from the content providers mostly which limits its access. If the course is important, try re-runnning the command and download. Or you may try it after some time. You can also give check by using an alternate internet connection e.g., connection using hotspot from mobile data. Sometimes certain ip’s get blocked after a limited usage thereafter the connection starts dropping.
Is there any way to choose the resolution of the video?
Hi Gorkel, I have created a video on this topic, kindly check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TomwXWr71Nk&t=16s.
not downloading all, please help me. oly few are downloading.even i followed all steps and i have premium account created from watching your video. what to do ?
Clear the cache of your browser using Ccleaner. Try Incognito Window. Uninstall Google Chrome and re-install it. Then download the fresh cookies.txt file after logging in, it must work.
Hi,
i get this error. please help
C:\Lynda>Youtube-dl –download-archive archive.txt –cookies cookies.txt -o “C:\Lynda\%(playlist_index)s – %(title)s.%(ext)s” https://wwwlyndacom.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/Education-Elearning-tutorials/Train-Trainer/573603-2.html –playlist-start 1 –all-subs
[generic] 573603-2: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to https://wwwlyndacom.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/Education-Elearning-tutorials/Train-Trainer/573603-2.html: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
[generic] 573603-2: Downloading webpage
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] 573603-2: Extracting information
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the –verbose flag and include its complete output.
Try using the version of Youtube-dl from the link in this blog. Don’t use the latest one, it may have bugs.